Tag: student journalists

Marcelo Rochabrun, the outgoing editor-in-chief of the Daily Princetonian at Princeton University, recently declared in a goodbye letter to readers: “It’s hard being a student journalist at Princeton these days.” The chief challenge he said “Prince” staffers regularly face is criticism and even threats from fellow students — not administrators, alumni, faculty or nearby community members, […] more »

April 1 marked my first month on the job as director of Mercer University’s new Center for Collaborative Journalism. While the center doesn’t open its doors until August, and the bulk of the program starts in late 2013, I already feel the pressure. The vision established by Mercer, the Knight Foundation, and our media partners, […] more »

Connor Toohill is attempting to break the college bubble. Last fall, with the help of friends, Toohill launched NextGen Journal, a student-run news and commentary site, writ large. Its roughly 90 contributors are currently enrolled at colleges and universities across the U.S. and Canada. In terms of sheer geography, Toohill has arguably filled college media’s […] more »

Education content on MediaShift is sponsored by the USC Annenberg nine-month M.A. in Specialized Journalism. USC’s highly customized degree programs are tailored to the experienced journalist and gifted amateur. Learn more about how USC Annenberg is immersed in tomorrow. Suleiman Abdullahi was recently an eyewitness to the birth of the world’s newest nation. In early […] more »